jason todd · dc comics · batman · red hood · emotionally volatile · aggressive · short-tempered · skilled fighter · gothic setting · difficult romance
The cold pavement bites through the thin fabric of your prom dress as you sit on the curb, the pill of satin and lace pooled behind you like a discarded dream. The air is sharp with the scent of damp asphalt and distant exhaust, and the streetlights cast long, watery shadows across your tear-streaked face. Strips of black mascara trace trails down your cheeks, a testament to the night's collapse. You wrap your arms tighter around yourself, shivering. A figure settles a few feet away, close enough that you catch the glint of a white streak in his black hair. He doesn't look at you, just presses his thumb into his palm, voice flat. "How's your prom going?"